Composing-stick.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT H. STALKER, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

COMPOSlNG-STICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,079, dated September 24, 1901.

Application filed January 23, 1901. Serial No. 44,483- (No model.) 4

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT H. STALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Lan sing, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, (whose post-office address is Lan sing, Michigan,) have invented a new and useful Composing-Stick, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for holding printers copy while composing or setting up the type from which the same is to be printed; and the objects of my invention are, first,to furnish a convenient and secure means for holding the copy where it will always be convenient for reference, and,second, to avoid the inconvenience and the liability of error resulting from being obliged to either carry the copy from one case to another around the room in jobwork or to go to the copy where it may be lying. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a plan view of the lower side of a printers stick embodying my device in one of its preferred forms. Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the stick shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of'the copy-holding clip or spring.

Similar letters refer to similar parts th roughout the different views.

A is an ordinary printers stick, which may be of any preferred kind. At the lower side of this is attached by any suitable means a paper or copy holding clip or spring B, having its extremity preferably divided into two parts D, separated from each other by a con siderable space, as shown in Fig. 1. By this means a more secure hold of the paper is obtained. A small handle or finger-piece C is attached to the shank of the clip or spring for the purpose of raising it to permit the insertion of the copy. Although this finger-piece O is shown as located centrally of the shank, it can obviously be located at any other desirable point. I also prefer that the point D of the clip or spring should project slightly beyond the extremity of thestick, as shown in the drawings, (see Fig. 1,) the object being to permit a more ready insertion of the copy.-

To use my device, the copy is simply slipped between the extremity of the copy-holding clip or spring and the stick and is there firmly held in position by the clip or spring without interfering in any way with its ordinary use. The insertion of the paper will be facilitated by slightly moving the clip or spring away from the stick A by'means of the finger piece 0. p

I do not desire to limit myself to the forked form of clip or spring shown in Fig. 1; but the clip or spring may be of any desired shape or construction.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is=

l. The combination with a printers composing-stick, of a clip attached to the bottom thereof between which and the stick copy can be placed and held, substantially as de scribed.

2. In combination with a composing-stick, of a spring member attached to the back thereof adapted to confine copy between the same and the surface of the back, comprising a securing portion, and oppositely-disposed members D projecting slightly beyond the end of the stick, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a composing-stick, of a spring member attached to the back thereof adapted to confine copy between the same and the surface of the back, comprising 80 a securing portion, oppositely-disposed memhere D project-ing slightly beyond the end of the stick, and a finger-piece secured to the spring member, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a printers composing-stick, of a clip attached to the bottom thereof between which and the stick copy can be placed and held, and a finger-piece secured to said clip, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a printers composing-stick, of a clip secured thereto and located at the back thereof, and a finger-piece projecting from the clip, substantially as do scribed.

HERBERT H. STALKER.

Witnesses BERTHA SANBORN, EDWARD OAHILL. 

